Vivid blue spinel with white carbonate in calc-silicate rock is seen in this undated handout photo. Baffin Island holds some of its treasure in plain sight with rocks that produce rare gems sitting exposed to the elements, a University of British Columbia study says. The cobalt-blue spinel,  is a rare ...

EDMONTON-United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney says an Alberta government led by him would set up a Crown corporation to help Indigenous communities invest in resource projects.   “We need to do something dramatically different to end the stalemate that has left Alberta energy landlocked and has led to a jobs ...

By Dirk Meissner THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA- The British Columbia government introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at preventing tax evasion and money laundering by shining a spotlight on anonymous real estate owners hiding behind shell and numbered companies.   Finance Minister Carole James said the proposed Landowner Transparency Act would create ...

Several artists are pulling support for the Indigenous Music Awards over concerns about cultural appropriation of Inuit throat singing. Tanya Tagaq, Kelly Fraser and Iva are among the musicians who posted to social media pledging not to participate in the awards until the organization revises its policies or includes Inuit ...

By Holly McKenzie-Sutter THE CANADIAN PRESS ST JOHN’S, N.L. -Newfoundland and Labrador will receive $2.5 billion from Ottawa over 38 years from the newly reviewed Atlantic Accord, a crucial federal-provincial agreement on offshore resource revenues. Premier Dwight Ball and federal cabinet minister Seamus O’Regan were in St. John’s on Monday ...

By Jordan Press and Christopher Reynolds THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- SNC-Lavalin warned federal prosecutors last fall about a possible plan to split the company in two, move its offices to the United States and eliminate its Canadian workforce if it didn’t get a deal to avoid criminal prosecution, newly obtained ...

MONTREAL- SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is leaving the door open to a lawsuit against Chile’s state-owned copper mining company, which has terminated its contract with the construction giant. A spokesman for SNC-Lavalin tells The Canadian Press that the company is looking at all options to determine whether to take legal action. ...

By Felicia Fonseca THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -One of the largest coal-fired power plants in the West will close this year as planned after a Navajo Nation company ended its long-shot bid Friday to acquire it. The Navajo Generating Station has operated for decades in northeastern Arizona near the ...